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Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by age-standardised death rate, all causes

Sachsen-Anhalt had the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes of 38 regions in 2012, at 1,154.9 per 100,000 people. Freiburg had the lowest, at 963.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 1,065.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for Germany was 1,066.3 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest1,154.9Sachsen-Anhalt
Lowest963.7Freiburg
Median1,065.338 regions
Germany1,066.3History

All regions, 2012

Sachsen-Anhalt: 1,154.9 per 100,000 peopleSachsen-Anhalt1,154.9Oberfranken: 1,130.2 per 100,000 peopleOberfranken1,130.2Arnsberg: 1,128.8 per 100,000 peopleArnsberg1,128.8Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: 1,127.4 per 100,000 peopleMecklenburg-Vorpommern1,127.4Thüringen: 1,120.5 per 100,000 peopleThüringen1,120.5Saarland: 1,113.1 per 100,000 peopleSaarland1,113.1Oberpfalz: 1,112.5 per 100,000 peopleOberpfalz1,112.5Düsseldorf: 1,105.5 per 100,000 peopleDüsseldorf1,105.5Brandenburg: 1,094.7 per 100,000 peopleBrandenburg1,094.7Niederbayern: 1,092.2 per 100,000 peopleNiederbayern1,092.2Lüneburg: 1,089.9 per 100,000 peopleLüneburg1,089.9Koblenz: 1,089.8 per 100,000 peopleKoblenz1,089.8Weser-Ems: 1,087.2 per 100,000 peopleWeser-Ems1,087.2Chemnitz: 1,073.6 per 100,000 peopleChemnitz1,073.6Münster: 1,073.2 per 100,000 peopleMünster1,073.2Bremen: 1,071.9 per 100,000 peopleBremen1,071.9Schleswig-Holstein: 1,070.2 per 100,000 peopleSchleswig-Holstein1,070.2Rheinhessen-Pfalz: 1,069.3 per 100,000 peopleRheinhessen-Pfalz1,069.3Leipzig: 1,065.9 per 100,000 peopleLeipzig1,065.9Kassel: 1,064.8 per 100,000 peopleKassel1,064.8Gießen: 1,064.1 per 100,000 peopleGießen1,064.1Braunschweig: 1,062.7 per 100,000 peopleBraunschweig1,062.7Köln: 1,062.2 per 100,000 peopleKöln1,062.2Mittelfranken: 1,061.5 per 100,000 peopleMittelfranken1,061.5Hannover: 1,061.3 per 100,000 peopleHannover1,061.3Berlin: 1,042.5 per 100,000 peopleBerlin1,042.5Hamburg: 1,030.5 per 100,000 peopleHamburg1,030.5Detmold: 1,029.4 per 100,000 peopleDetmold1,029.4Unterfranken: 1,028.4 per 100,000 peopleUnterfranken1,028.4Trier: 1,021.8 per 100,000 peopleTrier1,021.8Schwaben: 1,017.3 per 100,000 peopleSchwaben1,017.3Dresden: 1,014.6 per 100,000 peopleDresden1,014.6Darmstadt: 1,004 per 100,000 peopleDarmstadt1,004Karlsruhe: 1,001.9 per 100,000 peopleKarlsruhe1,001.9Tübingen: 981.3 per 100,000 peopleTübingen981.3Stuttgart: 974.4 per 100,000 peopleStuttgart974.4Oberbayern: 965.1 per 100,000 peopleOberbayern965.1Freiburg: 963.7 per 100,000 peopleFreiburg963.7
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2012
per 100,000 people		Change on 2011
1Sachsen-Anhalt1,154.9-14.3 pts
2Oberfranken1,130.2+21.1 pts
3Arnsberg1,128.8+7.2 pts
4Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1,127.4-4.9 pts
5Thüringen1,120.5-5.9 pts
6Saarland1,113.1-24.4 pts
7Oberpfalz1,112.5+22.6 pts
8Düsseldorf1,105.5+11.6 pts
9Brandenburg1,094.7-10.6 pts
10Niederbayern1,092.2-14.1 pts
11Lüneburg1,089.9-7.9 pts
12Koblenz1,089.8+8 pts
13Weser-Ems1,087.2-6.9 pts
14Chemnitz1,073.6-19.4 pts
15Münster1,073.2-15.8 pts
16Bremen1,071.9-3 pts
17Schleswig-Holstein1,070.2-3.8 pts
18Rheinhessen-Pfalz1,069.3-2.4 pts
19Leipzig1,065.9+0.8 pts
20Kassel1,064.8+3.6 pts
21Gießen1,064.1+16.1 pts
22Braunschweig1,062.7+2.7 pts
23Köln1,062.2+17.3 pts
24Mittelfranken1,061.5-8.8 pts
25Hannover1,061.3+3.6 pts
26Berlin1,042.5+8.5 pts
27Hamburg1,030.5-15.8 pts
28Detmold1,029.4+18.9 pts
29Unterfranken1,028.4-2.1 pts
30Trier1,021.8-28.4 pts
31Schwaben1,017.3-5.3 pts
32Dresden1,014.6+10.4 pts
33Darmstadt1,004+0.1 pts
34Karlsruhe1,001.9-4.4 pts
35Tübingen981.3+11.8 pts
36Stuttgart974.4+12.7 pts
37Oberbayern965.1+1.3 pts
38Freiburg963.7+11.6 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 A00 to Y89) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).

For 2018 to 2021 Eurostat publishes the total under the code A-R_V-Y (all causes excluding S00 to T98, injury codes that are never an underlying cause); Invokely serves both codes as one series. For deaths per 1,000 people without age standardisation use crude_death_rate. Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which region has the highest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Sachsen-Anhalt, with 1,154.9 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest age-standardised death rate, all causes?

Freiburg, with 963.7 per 100,000 people in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 TOTAL (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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